| Deposit ID | 10087743 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D008919 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Homestake No. 2 Claim |
| Alternate or previous names | Homestake No. 6, Homestake Claims |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.54141, 38.34084 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2316 |
| Relative position | 14.9 MILES N 17 W FROM WESTCLIFFE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Fremont(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hillside(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)
Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)
Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)
Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Fremont |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 020S | 073W | 04 | E2 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Thorium | Primary |
| REE Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bastnaesite | Ore |
| Fergusonite | Ore |
| Monazite | Ore |
| Thorite | Ore |
| Barite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Galena | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Rhodochrosite | Gangue |
| Siderite | Gangue |
| Result | .007 TO .13% EQUIV. U, .001 TO .003% U, .03 TO 72% EQUIV. TH02, .04 TO .30% TH02, .03 TO 6.51% RAE OXIDES |
|---|
| Model code | 30 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 11d |
| Deposit model name | Thorium-rare-earth veins |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||
| Rock unit name | Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss | ||||
| Rock description | Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -105.54141, 38.34084 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Wet Mountains |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Nw-Trending Shear Zones |
| Strike | N 55 E (SHEAR ZONE); N 55 TO 70 W (FOLIATION) |
|---|---|
| Dip | N 60 E TO VERTICAL (FOLIATION) |
| Length | 609.6M |
| Dip | N 60 E TO VERTICAL (FOLIATION) |
|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1952 |
| District name | Wet Mountains Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D008919 |
CHRISTMAN, R.A., BROCK, M.R., PEARSON, R.C. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D. 1959, GEOLOGY AND THORIUM DEPOSITS OF THE WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, A PROGRESS REPORT: USGS BULLETIN 1072-H, P. 530-531
STAATZ, M.H. AND CONKLIN, N.M., 1966, RARE-EARTH THORIUM CARBONATE VEINS OF THE ROAD GULCH AREA, NORTHERN WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, IN, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESEARCH 1966: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 550-B, P. B130-B134
SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: EARLY 1950'S |
| Deposit | VEINS ARE MEDIUM-TO COARSE-GRAINED, AND BANDED IN PLACES; WHITE, RED, BROWN, BLACK WHERE FRESH, RED OR BROWN WHERE WEATHERED |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1982 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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